Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Preliminary ground plan for the station

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Preliminary ground plan for the station

Date:

1929

Description:

- This drawing was made using a ruler. There are extensive erasures. Although this version appears to have been discarded early, a number of elements remain in the submitted panel: the central axis running through the entrance bay which extends below and the ramps leading up to and down from the upper floor (indicated by "D" on this sheet).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 29.1 x 37.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0381

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Point of View:

general view

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.l. to c.: "MAIL"; "BAGGAGE"; "Customs"; "Shoot"; "DESK etc."; "IMMIGRATION"; "CONCOURSE"; and c.: "D" [inscribed in four locations] numbered - by the architect's son ? graphite, l.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "LW87.019"

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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